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QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 05:40 PM) Some fan stuff from today's game: I'm not a fan of anyone taking their shirt off at a game, but seriously, some people have no shame--when they should. And to the fans sitting over the dugout that almost got smoked...don't take a baby to a baseball game. They're not going to remember it. And if you do take a baby to a baseball game.. don't sit where it could get hit in the head with a linedrive!

Alexei with a nice double down the line.

Peavy: 26 Pitches, 16 strikes, 2K, 1BB, "between 89 and 92 mph"-Jeff passan and "very sharp with his pitches"-Dave Van Dyck

and Juan Pierre makes it look difficult, as always!

Either the Angels are bad... or Jake Peavy is good..?

Jeff Passan (Yahoo) says Peavy is between 89 and 92

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 02:21 PM) I wouldn't worry about velocity at this point. It's a given that it will be slower. I'm not worried, just curious.

He's dancing around the outside corner to lefties.

No speed reading, but so far, so good. Ks the first batter he sees.

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 3, 2011 -> 09:25 PM) I'll be there at the beginning tomorrow, but may autodraft for the second hour. I have a feeling that it could run for more than 3 hours. I may do the same since I have to be up before the sun on Saturday and I won my most competitive league last year by phone-drafting the first 8 rounds, then auto-drafting the rest, but I have a feeling I'm going to want to be involved in the later rounds with this league being so deep. QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 01:18 AM) The draft order will be completely random and it will be automatically generated by yahoo a couple minutes before the draft starts. I've always done it this way cause I always thought it was the most fair way for all involved. Keep doing the mock drafts, do a couple for a few different positions in the draft order and come up with a Plan A, a Plan B, a Plan C, etc etc. Fair enough, I have strategy set for all of my other leagues, but they're all either 10 or 12 teams.. this 20 team thing is throwing me off, it's like getting one pick every other round in a 10 team. I love it though.

Today at 2pm we get to see how JFP is doing. I'm cautiously optimistic.

QUOTE (soxfan420 @ Mar 4, 2011 -> 12:06 AM) It's a great statium even there "rock pile" cheap seats are good tickets, i have been to the stadium several time and the fountains and just the overall setup of the park are nice, plenty of parking, even traffic seems to move well compared to most places. Thanks! I was curious about the Rock Pile seats.. We were thinking about grabbing those for the Thursday afternoon game if we decide to make it to all 3 games.

Milledge with an RBI single to right, Flowers scores.

Dayan with a walk.. he must really want to make the team.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 3, 2011 -> 04:27 PM) Rep just emailed saying they are going out the door now. Should get them any day. Psyched. They're gorgeous. It makes opening day feel just that much closer. I wasn't aware the Hit and Run parking is in lots F and L though. I'm kind of bummed about that because I like lots A and B.. but it's better than paying cash every game.

I got my Hit and Run plan today.. dare I spoil the fun and post pictures of the box and packets?

Will we know draft order anytime before the draft? I'd like to do a mock or two in regard to where I'm drafting if possible.

I just ran across this in my bookmarks.. thought this would be a good place to share: http://joecrede.ytmnd.com/

I'm planning my first vacation in nearly 3 years and I'm thinking Denver/Colorado Springs would be a nice destination that I've never visited and the White Sox happen to be traveling there this season, so I can use that as an excuse to check another ballpark off of my list. I'm wondering if anyone's been there? What seats are unexpectedly good or great or good/great value? What special attractions or parts of the stadium should I be sure to see? Any other suggestions for summer activities in the area are welcome as well.

I'm really not an Apple fanboy, but Apple really lends itself to my trades (music, graphic design, video editing). After the MacBookPro updates of last week, I plan on picking up a 15" model with some internal upgrades to RAM (want 8gigs) and HDD speed (need 7200rpm), but this new ipad might actually have convinced me that it could be a useful addition to my technological world. The internal upgrades that I want to do to are about $350 cheaper than they were previously priced at. Would I be crazy to use that $350 to snag an iPad at the same time as a new MBP? I'm imagining a set-up where I'm streaming MLB.tv from my iPad either set up next to my computer (if there's a White Sox game on the TV), or connected to my television (when there's no White Sox Game on), all while being ultra-productive on my new MacBookPro, and keeping my current MacBook Pro (generation 1, revision 1) around as a media center or a travel computer. Anyone think this would be overkill? Anyone care to play devil's advocate the same way my lady claims she is? Full disclosure: I also have an iPhone 3Gs for when I'm out and about, would get a 16gb wi-fi only ipad.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 27, 2011 -> 08:58 AM) I dont know if it was posted anywhere but Pods signed with the Blue Jays to a minor league deal worth $1 mill if he makes the team, Im sure this was posted but it's just shocking to me how bad his agent is. After the screw up over getting Pods a good contract last offseason Pods declines a $2 mill guaranteed option from the Dodgers to end up with this deal. Pods also was recently diagnosed with plantar fasciitis and is wearing a boot. Not a good sign for a speed guy making the team out of spring training.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 27, 2011 -> 08:54 AM) You usually can't. Some of the groups that issue the patches have started sending some sort of authenticity letter, etc. but not many do. So once those are accepted, then the company can make a few more (which is illegal). We also urge people to accept the overruns as part of their order. They even have a name in our hobby "Chang" after the guy who first started selling these. Crazy, but that, and the local Councils who produce the patches who started issuing dozens per year to profit off collectors have almost killed the hobby. Sounds like any collection in your hobby is in the eye of the beholder. If you're okay knowing that it could be an over-run piece, and it's enjoyable for you, then you should enjoy it. There will always be the more prized pieces that you hunt down and you have to know are authentic, those are the types of caps and jerseys that keep me looking around. Many of my caps are very easily available, but there's a few in there that you don't see all over the place. The 1906 throwback cap (first on the top left in the picture) was quite difficult to find in the correct color (navy, not black). The 82-86 road cap (Navy with the red brim) is difficult to find from New Era, though Nike mass produces it with a nike logo on the back (yuck), and I've only seen the 1980 road cap (white with navy brim, SOX across the front) one place. The stars and stripes caps will surely disappear in the red and the white, just as the blue one has. My umpire collection is even more of a pride-and-joy collection for me. They're all 100% wool caps, which is period correct for the AL and NL specific caps, and I've only seen the MLB cap a few places, while I've only seen the AL and NL specifics one place. Everyone's got priorities with their collections, I tend to lean more to the fun side of collecting, as opposed to the value.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 27, 2011 -> 08:30 AM) What was hurting my hobby are "overruns". Most of the patches are being produced overseas and for legit purposes, they will make 1050 to fill a 1000 pc order. They will then sell the extra 50 direct to whomever. We've been argung for years if these are legit or not. How do you tell the difference between the extra 50 and the legit 1000 that went out?

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 27, 2011 -> 05:51 AM) I collect Boy Scout memorabilia and especially patches. Some of the patches sell for up to $25,000. Fakes are a problem. There was a very strong push to stop collectors from buying any, even as placeholders, because it kept a market for those patches. Has cap collecting gotten to that point? A lot of apparel has gotten to that point. Caps and shoes because there's so many short runs, limited editions, and specific variations out there that it opens the opportunity for the fake market to create those products and sell them at a reasonable price. Most jerseys are more readily available, but the fake market for jerseys is probably the biggest. Almost everyone I know "knows a guy" who can get them $40 "authentic" jerseys, and most of them look pretty well done from the front. But, the stitching on the inside is usually a mess and the tackle twill patchwork is often incorrect material or not sewn on in the zig-zag pattern that almost all jerseys use, and many of the hangtags or jocktags are wrong or missing. Most forums for these three markets have a subforum for "legit checks" where people post pictures or ask about websites selling more rare products, but there's still a lot of people out there who don't care if what they buy and wear is authentic, they just want a good price.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 06:33 PM) What about this one? http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=%...CIgBEPMCMAk4FA# or this one? http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=%...CG8Q8wIwAzi0AQ# or... http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=%...CGgQ8wIwADjIAQ# a.) Addressed in a post above.. it wasn't ever a cap the team wore, they took the logo off of the jerseys from the time period and put it on a hat. They wore blank hats during those years. b.) this is similar, I believe the jersey logo from this era was a blue S and a red o and x in the middle. This hat is made to represent that, though, was never worn on field. c.) I can't find any evidence that the teams in this era ever wore red caps. If there's a picture or a baseball card from that timeframe showings someone like Ted Lyons or someone else from the era in a red cap, I'd pick that one up in a second. truth be told, I'll probably grab all of these eventually to represent their respective eras more accurately, but I've been sticking to the caps that the team wore on field.